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West Indies vs England, 1st T20I at Bridgetown, , Mar 09 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
1st T20I, Bridgetown, March 09, 2014, England tour of West Indies
(20 ov, T:171) 143/9

West Indies won by 27 runs

Player Of The Match
69* (46) & 2/21
marlon-samuels
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ENG
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end of over 2010 runs
ENG: 143/9CRR: 7.15 
Tim Bresnan47 (29b 5x4 1x6)
Jade Dernbach1 (1b)
Dwayne Bravo 4-0-30-1
Andre Russell 2-0-21-0

West Indies win by 27 runs. A very solid all-round performance from the home side. Out-batted, out-bowled and out-fielded England. Spin, once again, provided a load of headaches for the visitors. Marlon Samuels and Samuel Badree very good for West Indies, although there is a fitness question over Sunil Narine. Stuart Broad appeared to limp, too, during his innings. This is England's four T20 loss in a row. I'll hang around to bring you the presentation shortly.

Good spot from Anshul: "After his catch dropped, Samuels scored 26 runs and WI have won by 27 runs."

Stuart Broad "A lot of the seam bowler's economy were higher; last time played here it wasn't like that. We'll have to take that into consideration for the next game. We didn't get going today, but that can happen in T20 when you a chasing a good score. I've got a touch of patellar tendonitis and may not play the next two games to get ready for the World T20.

Marlon Samuels "I've been working hard, it was a wonderful crowd so I had to come out and play. They loved Carl Hooper and I came out to play in his style. It worked out well for us as we have some wonderful spinners."

Darren Sammy "That's what we asked for and in front of a full house we played a good game. The start from Smith and Gayle allowed Samuels to play himself in. [On Narine] He's being looked after, so fingers crossed everything is alright."

That wraps things up for today. We'll be back on Tuesday for the second match of the series. For now, from Andrew McGlashan and Alan Gardner, it's goodbye.

19.6
4
Dwayne Bravo to Bresnan, FOUR runs

short ball outside off, slices it over backward point and it runs away for another futile boundary

19.5
Dwayne Bravo to Bresnan, no run

swings and misses

19.4
1
Dwayne Bravo to Dernbach, 1 run

steps to leg and reaches for a full ball, picks out Gayle at point who just about makes the stop

19.3
1
Dwayne Bravo to Bresnan, 1 run

short of a length, heaved to deep square-leg

19.2
Dwayne Bravo to Bresnan, no run

fuller, at the stumps, can't beat cover

19.1
4
Dwayne Bravo to Bresnan, FOUR runs

drills a length ball straight down the ground...another solid swing from Bresnan

Can England bat out 20 overs? Yep, it's come down to that.

end of over 1910 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 133/9CRR: 7.00 RRR: 38.00
Tim Bresnan38 (24b 3x4 1x6)
Andre Russell 2-0-21-0
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-20-1
18.6
W
Russell to Bresnan, OUT

and another run out...the ball deflected off Bresnan's boots and stopped close to the striker's crease, Tredwell was on his heels and could not beat Russell who was quick from his followthrough

James Tredwell run out (Russell) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 100
18.5
1
Russell to Tredwell, 1 run

short of a length, angled down to third man

18.4
1
Russell to Bresnan, 1 run

full at the stumps, gives himself some room, drives to Gayle on the edge of the circle at cover

18.3
2
Russell to Bresnan, 2 runs

fuller this time, driven to deep cover

18.2
6
Russell to Bresnan, SIX runs

that's a clean strike...another length ball which ends up in the stands, this time over deep midwicket

18.1
Russell to Bresnan, no run

can't connect with a full ball outside off

end of over 184 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 123/8CRR: 6.83 RRR: 24.00
Tim Bresnan29 (19b 3x4)
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-20-1
Andre Russell 1-0-11-0
17.6
W
Dwayne Bravo to Broad, OUT

well, that sums up England's day! Jabbed over the top of a short ball, the ball goes through the Ramdin, Broad sets off for a run and is well short as Ramdin's throw hits direct

Stuart Broad run out (†Ramdin) 5 (12b 0x4 0x6 15m) SR: 41.66

Broad flexing his back a touch after that swing

17.5
Dwayne Bravo to Broad, no run

slower ball outside off, defeats Broad again

17.4
2
Dwayne Bravo to Broad, 2 runs

length delivery outside off, heaved to the left of long-on where Russell makes good ground

17.3
1
Dwayne Bravo to Bresnan, 1 run

uses his feet, whips a full delivery to short fine-leg

17.2
1
Dwayne Bravo to Broad, 1 run

driven to mid-off who is inside the circle

17.1
Dwayne Bravo to Broad, no run

full outside off, swing and a miss from Broad

end of over 1712 runs
ENG: 119/7CRR: 7.00 RRR: 17.33
Stuart Broad2 (7b)
Tim Bresnan28 (18b 3x4)
Andre Russell 1-0-11-0
Marlon Samuels 4-0-21-2
16.6
1
Russell to Broad, 1 run

a bouncer which loops off the surface, Broad is a touch early on the pull and gets it down to long-on

16.5
1
Russell to Bresnan, 1 run

a yorker which is jabbed down the ground

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